Theology/
Last Things

To call upon the Lord, one commentator has noted, is to trust in Him
alone for salvation, evidencing that faith through a commitment to His
will and way, not our own. Under the plentiful outpouring of the Spirit, we
are ...Read More

Bishop Hilary of Poiters, an early church father, says, “Our ignorance of the day of Christ’s return should provoke us to be careful as we eagerly await his coming” (On Matthew, 26.6). Knowing that Jesus could come at ...Read More

The last trumpet sound will be music to the ears of the redeemed, but it
will be a cacophony to those who have refused to submit to the one, true
Lord of all. Wicked and righteous alike will be raised ...Read More

As an exercise, read 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 three times. Read it first as if the destruction of
Jerusalem, near at hand, is in view. Read it second as if it refers to every crisis in history, when God ...Read More

Our Lord’s admission, in His humanity, that He did not know when the day of His second advent would be is a warning to anyone who might try to set a date for His return. We are wasting time ...Read More

The ultimate Christian hope is not a disembodied spiritual existence but a
resurrected body in which we perfectly bring glory to God and reflect His
awesome holiness. We will be finally and fully complete at our resurrection
as our entire ...Read More

As Bible-believing Christians we all know, at least intellectually, that the only reason anything exists is God’s work of preservation. However, we are all prone to go about our business unaware that God upholds all things. It is only ...Read More

Many people believe the doctrine of eternal conscious punishment is incompatible with God’s love. However, Jesus Christ—the fullest manifestation of God’s love—spoke more about hell than anyone else. In fact, hell is the inevitable result of ...Read More

Religions created by mere men believe that we prepare for the final day of judgment by storing up good works, by doing the right things so that when we stand before the Creator, our eternal destiny is determined by our ...Read More

God’s elect will most certainly persevere until the end, and the elect know that they are elect only as they persevere (Phil. 1:6). Daniel shows us how those who truly know the Lord are faithful to Him when ...Read More

We cannot trust in the spiritual readiness of others. Being ready to enter the kingdom at our Lord’s return or, should He tarry, to remain faithful when our rescue seems long in coming is something that we are responsible ...Read More

Given the symbolism of the passage, we must see it not only as a prediction of the final battle between God and the enemies of His people but also a vision of the encounter between new covenant Israel—the church ...Read More

Are you distressed by what appears to be an increasing amount of aberrational teaching in the church? While in one sense it is good to be disturbed by false doctrine, we must never think that its presence surprises God or ...Read More

We who have been purchased by Christ might sometimes feel like we should just go along with the unrighteousness around us. Yet though the cost of following the Lord is great, and may even be greater in the days ahead ...Read More